Rat Genomics

1. The Rat: A Model Used in Biomedical Research

            Jennifer R. Smith, Elizabeth R. Bolton, and Melinda R. Dwinell

2. Rat Genome Assemblies, Annotation, and Variant Repository

            Monika Tutaj, Jennifer R. Smith, and Elizabeth R. Bolton

3. Rat Genome Databases, Repositories, and Tools

            Stanley J.F. Laulederkind, G. Thomas Hayman, Shur-Jen Wang, Matthew J. Hoffman, Jennifer R. Smith, Elizabeth R. Bolton, Jeff De Pons, Marek A. Tutaj, Monika Tutaj, Jyothi Thota, Melinda R. Dwinell, and Mary Shimoyama

4. Next Generation Transgenic Rat Model Production

            Wanda E. Filipiak, Elizabeth D. Hughes, Galina B. Gavrilina, Anna K. LaForest, Michael G. Zeidler, and Thomas L. Saunders

5. Embryonic Stem Cells and Gene Manipulation in Rat

            Masumi Hirabayashi, Akiko Takizawa, and Shinichi Hochi

6. Protocols for Cryopreservation and Rederivation of Rat Gametes

            Akiko Takizawa and Tomoo Eto

7. Fluorescent Imaging and Microscopy for Dynamic Processes in Rats

            Ruben M. Sandoval, Bruce A. Molitoris, and Oleg Palygin

8. Library Preparation for Multiplexed Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing with a Universal Adapter

            Yong Liu, Alison J. Kriegel, and Mingyu Liang

9. Characterization of the Rat Gut Microbiota via 16S rRNA Amplicon Library Sequencing

            Aaron C. Ericsson, Susheel B. Busi, and James M. Amos-Landgraf

10. Networking in Biology: The Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel

            Boris Tabakoff, Harry Smith, Lauren A. Vanderlinden, Paula L. Hoffman, and Laura M. Saba

11. Using Heterogeneous Stocks for Fine-Mapping Genetically Complex Traits

            Leah C. Solberg Woods and Abraham A. Palmer

12. Mapping Mammary Tumor Traits in the Rat

            Michael J. Flister, Amit Joshi, Carmen Bergom, and Hallgeir Rui

13. Rat Models of Metabolic Syndrome

            Anne E. Kwitek

14. Genomic Research in Rat Models of Kidney Disease

15. Rat Models of Exercise for the Study of Complex Disease

            Lauren Gerard Koch and Steven L. Britton

16. Behavioral Genetic Studies in Rats

            Yangsu Ren and Abraham A. Palmer